Posted by: shilton8 on: 01/04/2009
By Samantha Hilton If you had been strolling through Winchester on Monday, March 30, you would have been shocked to find crowds of young people waiting outside the HMV record store. Why you might ask?
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 19/03/2009
By Justine Kharbanda This month sees ‘The Buzz’s’ full feature length interview, with Winchester’s own, Frank Turner. After gaining much airplay on the likes of Radio 1, his single ‘Reasons to be an Idiot’ has become his biggest hit to date. I caught up with him this month to talk to him about his music, university [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 19/03/2009
By Ben Moncrieffe The music industry has almost always been governed by the record labels, Universal, Sony BMG, EMI and Warner Music. They control 70% of the world’s music business and make an absolute mint from it. The idea is that for every album and artist sells, they get a cut, and a big one [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 13/02/2009
By Justine Kharbanda Christmas has been and gone and it’s now time to get back into the music scene. What better way to kick off the new year of music while celebrating the best in new bands with the NME Tour. On Thursday, February 19th the Portsmouth Pyramid Centre will be hosting the tour featuring [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 03/12/2008
Written by Justine Kharbanda 2008 has been a great year for music within the college but also on a world-wide scale, so here are my Top 10 albums of the year: 1. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend February saw the release of the self titled debut album from the New York four piece who [...]
X FACTOR, world domination?
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 19/11/2009
By Alice Briggs It’s all anyone can seem to talk about of late and the appeal is in the name itself; ‘X Factor’ referring to the spectacular “something” that makes for star quality. It’s different and it’s eye catching, connoting something new and Xtra exciting for TV audiences.